Light and Shadows in Photographs

In the flat image of a photograph, light and shadows can have as much visual weight as any object in the composition. Additionally, there are many different qualities of light.

Shadows
Light Defines Objects
Light as Focal Point
Backlighting
Qualities of Light
Light and Visual Weight

SHADOWS

Shadows can have visual weight and become objects.

Bob Carlos Clarke

Clive Brunskill

Lazlo Maholy-Nagy

Mel Sewell

Shadows can reference objects outside the frame.

Harold Jones

Jamie Rose

Jane Alden Stevens

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